The 199 kilometer long and undulating second stage of Tour of Norway from Drammen to Langesund held a thrilling finale after a five rider breakaway dominated the first part of the stage. Eventually, the stage was decided in another bunch sprint where CULT Energy Pro Cycling's Rasmus Guldhammer finished 6th.

The five escapees worked hard to stay in front of the pack but several teams showed interest in the chase and they had to stop chasing several times to prevent reeling them in too soon. Entering the final 20 kilometers of the race, the gap was quickly brought down even though they picked up the pace in the breakaway group as well.

With 6 kilometers to go, the escapees were back in the pack and new attacks were immediately launched from the bunch but Katusha evidently were in control of things, setting a solid pace on the front while CULT Energy’s riders were waiting right behind the Russian team. In the bunch gallop for the finish line, CULT Energy's Rasmus Guldhammer showed good form by sprinting to sixth position while race leader Alexander Kristoff (Katyusha) took his second consecutive stage win.

DS Michael Skelde says:

"I was expecting more fireworks at the end of today's stage but Katusha managed to keep the peloton in one piece before the final kilometer where things exploded. We had several guys up there but Rasmus managed to find a really good seat behind the Katusha train and managed to take sixth today. I'm happy with this result because we have no real sprinters able to match the likes of Kristoff. From now on, the stages become more mountainous and that's much better for Rasmus, Linus and Fabian," concludes Skelde.